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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is school not opening on time?
(a) The government said they were not allowed to open.
(b) Many people are going to the United States to witness JFK's inauguartion.
(c) A fire damaged the cafeteria and auditorium.
(d) A hurricane damged many of the buildings.

2. Who is Mr. Washburn?
(a) A man from the British consulate.
(b) A U.S. military officer.
(c) A CIA agent.
(d) A man from the American embassy.

3. For how long has Anita's country had the same leader?
(a) 12 years.
(b) 31 years.
(c) 44 years.
(d) 21 years.

4. What does Anita receive for Christmas that helps her process her life?
(a) A card from Carla.
(b) A book about the history of the Dominican Republic.
(c) A diary.
(d) A letter from her grandmother.

5. Who does Anita's father take to work the day after Carla leaves?
(a) Chucha.
(b) Anita's brother.
(c) No one.
(d) Anita.

6. What time of year is it when the novel opens?
(a) Almost Thanksgiving.
(b) Summer.
(c) Easter.
(d) Spring.

7. How do the children respond to their life?
(a) They accept the neccessity of it.
(b) They cry.
(c) They are bored.
(d) They rebel and sometimes sneak out.

8. What worries Anita?
(a) That her cousins will not have gotten out of the country yet.
(b) That they are going to go to prison.
(c) That the men will hurt her mother.
(d) That their father will be killed.

9. What does Mami have Anita do after seeing the black Volkswagons?
(a) Stay in her room.
(b) Hide in the attic.
(c) Run to Tio Tony's house.
(d) Stay at the Americans' house.

10. What happens when word is taken to Tony's house that Mr. Smith's friends are there?
(a) Tony runs and hides in the Americans' home.
(b) Everyone disperses.
(c) Nothing because Tony has already been smuggled into the United States.
(d) Tony goes down a trap door in the cellar.

11. What does the teacher tell Carla to do?
(a) Help another girl with her lines.
(b) Pack everything she owns, not just the necessities.
(c) Repeat her last lines.
(d) Write a list of all the props needed for the play.

12. Who comes over to spend time with Sammy?
(a) Oscar.
(b) Sammy's second cousin.
(c) Michael.
(d) No one.

13. What aspects of her country and of the United States does Anita compare?.
(a) Elections.
(b) Religions.
(c) Foods.
(d) Freedoms.

14. When does Anita use a pencil?
(a) To write down Carla's address.
(b) For her math homework.
(c) When she writes in her journal.
(d) To draw pictures of things in her life.

15. What does Mami tell Anita and Carla to make them feel better?
(a) She tells them nothing, as she does not want to give them false hope.
(b) Life will be better.
(c) Carla can come back to visit.
(d) They will be back together soon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lucinda tell Susie about her upcoming birthday?

2. What are Carla and her siblings sent to do?

3. What does Anita hear her father talk about on the phone that she finds confusing?

4. What are the men in dark glasses using as an excuse to search the compound?

5. What is the code name used for the person who likes young girls as sexual objects?

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